HB 376

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI VOTER PROTECTION ACT"; TO CREATE BANS ON VOTER INTIMIDATION AND VOTER SUPPRESSION; TO CREATE A VOTER'S BILL OF RIGHTS AND REQUIRE TO BE POSTED AT EVERY POLLING PLACE, TO BE INCLUDED WITH EVERY DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOTS AND TO BE OFFERED TO VOTERS AT POLLING PLACES; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CREATE A MANUAL OF UNIFORM POLLING PLACE PROCEDURES AND ADOPT THE MANUAL BY REGULATION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 97-13-37 AND 97-13-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.